{"id":490366,"date":"2025-10-11T06:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490366\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T06:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:55:10","slug":"andys-player-ratings-safc-u21s-3-2-norwich-u21s-black-cats-win-it-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490366\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy\u2019s Player Ratings: SAFC U21s 3-2 Norwich U21s &#8211; Black Cats win it late"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Not overly tested in general, with most of his play coming from him playing out with his feet but was a little weak with the shots that did come his way. Definitely could have done better with the second goal and got lucky with a close range shot that he spilled, which got cleared before a Norwich player tapped it in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Got forward in the first half with a driving run that ended up in the goalkeeper having to make a good save but then settled into a good defensive performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Solid at right back all game, didn\u2019t get forward too much but stuck to his task at the back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Reliable as ever in the back four, was a bit unlucky with the second goal following the ball bobbling through perfectly for the opposition player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Scored the opening goal with good anticipation in the opposition box to get on the end of a loose ball. Played well in partnership with Kindon at the back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Showed his quality numerous times, to get away from Norwich players with quick feet and a drive up the pitch. Created the winner after driving into the box and picking out Neill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Showed good passing range in his midfield role, played just ahead of Hunt but maybe could have done a bit more going forward but did create the equaliser after a sliding pass in the box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A tidy display in central midfield, used the ball well and did his best to provide some protection to the back four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Played on the left rather than his usual number 10 role, struggled to get into the game but his work rate was good. Let a runner get away from him for the equaliser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Not a natural striker but worked hard for the team and showed his quality when he got the ball to feet. Almost got a second half goal but bent his effort just wide following a driving run into the box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Had good driving runs down the right wing, really gave the opposition full back something to think about but just missing his end product tonight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Scored a dramatic late winner after getting onto the end of Middlemas\u2019 cross into the six yard box deep into injury time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Got the goal to make it 2-2 with his first touch of the game, finding the back of the net following Jones\u2019 pass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Came on late as we successfully pushed for the winner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Man of the Match: <\/strong>Ben Middlemas<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Was good throughout and there were plenty of occasions when he was too quick and skilful for the Norwich players, which started attacks from deep. Showed how influential he is after creating the stoppage time winner with a great driving run into the box and had the calmness to pick out Marcus Neill for the winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not overly tested in general, with most of his play coming from him playing out with his feet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,131320,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-490366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-report-player-ratings","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}